Last minute expand map megathread - Spending & visits in AZ, GA, WI, NM, MI, MN

[Ebsy]

Just matching the Republican investment in Wisconsin.

[Ebsy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-final-sprint-trump-targets-democratic-states-while-clinton-tries-to-gin-up-enthusiasm-among-minorities/2016/10/30/5bef5a26-9ed5-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html

Trump campaign chief executive Stephen K. Bannon has settled on three states in particular — Michigan, Wisconsin and New Mexico — where the candidate and campaign will devote more time and money

Guess they decided to waste the last of their money.

[Ebsy]

Every poll has Trump's negatives substantially higher than Clinton's so I don't know where you are getting your figures from.

[Ebsy]

Maybe I can buy the argument for Michigan (in reality the polls are not any closer than 2012) but PA? Clinton has been campaigning in Pennsylvania the whole cycle.

[Ebsy]

It seems highly likely that Trump isn't actually operating under any strategy other than to confuse the press prior to election day (which he has been successful doing, to be fair).

[Ebsy]

Going to Reno is a waste of time though since most people have already voted. Nevada is all about ground game and the machine turning people out, not big rallies (unless they are during early voting and you get your supporters to the polls, which Trump failed to do in Vegas last week).

[Ebsy]

LOL

Katy Tur right now: "Is this the difference between a data-driven campaign and just...throwing spaghetti at a wall?"

It's very obvious that these decisions are not being driven by campaign data operations.

[Ebsy]

LOL

Katy Tur right now: "Is this the difference between a data-driven campaign and just...throwing spaghetti at a wall?"

It's very obvious that these decisions are not being driven by campaign data operations.

If that's the case, then what is Kellyanne Conway being paid to do?

Media appearances and advising. Trump is not even paying his pollster (Tony Fabrizio) at the moment and basically makes all media buy decisions himself. If you want to know more about Trump's data operation, go read the Bloomberg piece about it.

[Ebsy]

And now we have confirmation:

https://twitter.com/FridaGhitis/status/794971824824188932

Frida Ghitis ‏@FridaGhitis  52m52 minutes ago
Político writer tells MSNBC that Trump has stopped polling - because he refuses to pay his pollster. May explain campaigning in odd places.

[Ebsy]

Just for comparison, Obama's last rallies in 2012 were in Wisconsin and Iowa, two states he won by more than his national margin.

Yeah, it is fairly typical in the closing days of the campaign to make a trip through some of your leaning/likely states to shore up the vote.

[Ebsy]

lol

[Ebsy]

Only one outlet has had to apologize for fabricating a story about a Presidential candidate this week, and that was FOX News.

[Ebsy]

I think Michigan is a ploy from the Clinton campaign to get Trump to waste his time.

[Ebsy]

what the?

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https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/795682717564342272?lang=de

There's a large public university there.